#willing

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#chiefest #man #point #willing

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#bothered #creativity #else #focusing #granted

I think that what most artists are trying to do is trying to understand. I think what distinguishes creative people and/or artists from another type of person is perhaps a willingness to go headlong into that uncertainty. ↗

— Brandon Boyd

#artists #creative #creative people #distinguishes #go

As to my success here I cannot say much as yet: the Indians seem generally kind, and well-disposed towards me, and are mostly very attentive to my instructions, and seem willing to be taught further. ↗

— David Brainerd

#cannot #further #generally #here #i

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. ↗

— Julius Caesar

#die #easier #endure #find #men

To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new. ↗

— Nicolas Cage

#break #criminal #good #good actor #like

The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#armed forces #because #capable #chance #citizenship

To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions. ↗

— Kim Campbell

#betray #chance #confederation #exercise #federal

Given that you'll never be able to prevent copying, the question is, what can you do to minimize it? What can you do to make consumers happy enough with legitimate use of the system that they'll be willing to pay for it? ↗

— Edward Felten

#consumers #copying #enough #given #happy

Well, my closest friends are still the ones that I went to school with, but it's nice to go to work, at the studios, and have people there that you're willing to talk to and have a good conversation with. ↗

— Tom Felton

#closest friends #conversation #friends #go #good